Scotland does not need an LGBTQIA+ festival
Around this time of year TV schedules groan under a blizzard of feel-good festive movies, all of which share essentially…
How a right-wing putsch felled the infallible BBC
By now you’ll know all about the crisis at the BBC, especially if you watch or read or listen to…
Zohran Mamdani will not be a radical mayor
Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York City has prompted triumphalism in his supporters and despondency among his detractors.…
Police Scotland has lost its way
One of the most fascinating cases of institutional self-harm in modern Britain is policing. Not just the oft-criticised Met (though…
Why doesn’t Kate Forbes want the SNP to talk about currency?
What’s the Gaelic for ‘Streisand effect’? I would guess buaidh Streisand but someone should ask Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP…
The hate-filled campaign against professor Ben-Gad
If I didn’t tell you professor Michael Ben-Gad was an Israeli, you could probably figure it out from his response…
Anti-Jewish sentiment has poisoned our police
Amid the grim fluorescence of a police interview suite, a glimpse of where we are and where we are heading.…
Middle East experts got Trump all wrong
Whenever Donald Trump proposes a policy that runs counter to the progressive consensus, there are three stages of response: it’ll…
Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Prize for his Hamas-Israel deal
In confirming the Israel-Hamas peace deal on Truth Social last night, Donald Trump referenced the seventh Beatitude from the Gospel…
Scotland doesn’t need independence. It needs rid of the SNP
The SNP government in Edinburgh has published another white paper on the constitution, ‘A Fresh Start with Independence’. It’s a…
Immigration isn’t working
The Manchester synagogue attack requires us to ask three questions: where are we, how did we get there, and where…
Do Palestinians want Hamas gone?
Discussion of Donald Trump’s peace proposal for Gaza revolves around one question: who is for it and who is against…
They don’t make MPs like Ming Campbell any more
Tributes are pouring in for Menzies Campbell, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, and generally considered a decent chap for…
Keir Starmer’s Palestine doesn’t exist
King Cnut is misremembered as a deluded fool who tried to subdue the sea. In fact, he was a wise…
The problem with ABC’s Matt Gutman
Matt Gutman has the hairstyle of Anderson Cooper and the literary style of Danielle Steel. In a special report on…
Six questions the National must answer
Scottish daily the National is known for its inimitable approach to journalism. The mainstream media bombards SNP ministers with impertinent…
Britain needs a First Amendment
Well, if they’re arresting comedians, at least Nish Kumar is safe. Graham Linehan, not so much. The British like to…
The West can only see Palestinians as victims
Belgium will become the latest western country to recognise a Palestinian state. Its foreign minister Maxime Prevot cited ‘the violence…
Farage, flags and the forgotten English
The flag-raisings in towns and cities across the country are an inevitable consequence of elites’ seeming preference for every flag…
Ed Davey should stick to his silly stunts – not lecture us on Gaza
Ed Davey’s got this Middle East business figured out. The Liberal Democrat leader has tweeted — because, honestly, what else…
Kate Forbes showed real bravery
There is a certain worldly cynicism aroused by the announcement that a politician is stepping down to spend more time…
There is no escaping politics with Palestine
Foreign relations are among the most political functions of a government. Ministers favour or disfavour other states based on calculations…
Israel should make its own statehood claims
Britain intends to follow France, and now Canada, in recognising a Palestinian state in September. I’ve already set out the…
Do Donald Trump’s fans like South Park or not?
Eric Cartman, the antihero of South Park, is a disgusting bigot who mocks disabled people, demeans women and says hateful…
The problems with a state of Palestine
France intends to recognise a state of Palestine at the United Nations, which I’m sure will be followed by UK…
